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My laptop's firmware, GPU and Wine are talking properly now, so it is time to play Freelancer again.
It's got a forgettable plot and stock scifi action-thriller cast, but I keep coming back for the very pretty nebulae and the enjoyable piracy. Zero attempt is made to make the star systems to scale. Also, it has incongruently historically materialist worldbuilding? Descriptions of every pirate/"terrorist" faction explain the historical circumstances and contradictions that gave rise to them, and it boils down to capital abandoning or squeezing workers in like every case. Unfortunately, the story is not about overthrowing the decrepit empires and bringing socialism to the Sirius Sector.
Has any kind of Space GTA that chooses intuitive fun over realistic portrayals of space physics been made since? It would be nice to haul illegal drugs through an ASMR thunderstorm nebula I haven't been to before.
closest to freelancer that i've played is Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Thank you for the recommend
GOG finally got ahold of Freelancer and are working on a modern port. It's been top of the community vote for years. I had trouble getting it work with needing old no cd cracks and such. It'll be great if it has all the server stuff built in and easier to use.
Oh man I miss Freelancer.
It's not 3D, but it's open source: Endless Sky
It's been a while since I've played one, but the X series (like X4 Foundations) might scratch the 3D itch. It lets you even build whole space stations iirc.
Appreciate the recommend
Edit: Oh hey, this looks a lot like Escape Velocity!
It is
inspired by Escape Velocity!